I think it’s an ominous sign. Whenever there’s an attack of this scale going on in London — it’s not just a British thing, it’s a U.S. thing too, because most of the time when...

He’s someone who’s perfectly fluent in English, in Urdu, in Arabic,

What’s crazy is that these groups, because they are a little bit more low key than Al Qaeda, they have been able to operate, in Pakistan especially, without hindrance.

Why would an Iraqi group release biographies of foreign fighters?

You have some from poor families, some jobless. You also have individuals that come from wealthy families, that come from a life of privilege and substance and material goods and material wealth.

[The original al Qaeda always aspired to use technology in its war on the West. But bin Laden’s had been the moment of fax machines and satellite television.] Zarqawi is a new generation, … The...

If I had a nickel for every No. 2 and Nov. 3 they’ve arrested or killed in Iraq and Afghanistan , I’d be a millionaire,

steer clear of misleading and irrelevant hierarchical representations of non-hierarchical terrorist groups.

It’s a positive sign that more hostages were freed than were killed (in March), but it’s also a reminder that being an American in Iraq is still a very dangerous position to be in.

Technology is as much a part of their lives as it is part of our lives.

By far the nationality that comes up over and over again is Saudi Arabia.